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White House denies NASA remark on Muslim outreach (Bolden thrown under the bus)
Yahoo ^ | July 12th, 2010
Posted on Monday, July 12, 2010 3:05:54 PM
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WASHINGTON – The White House is contradicting the NASA administrator's claim that President Barack Obama assigned him to reach out to Muslims on science matters.
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden recently told Al-Jazeera network that one of the charges Obama gave him was "to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science and engineering."
Some conservative activists criticized the remarks.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Monday that such activities are not among Bolden's assigned tasks. He said administration officials have spoken with NASA about the matter.
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And people should believe Obama over this decorated soldier why? ? ? ? ?
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gosh i dont know its not like hussein hasnt lied to us? ::) ;D
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So again the kneepadding commies are going to ask us to believe Barry over a decorated soldier.
This disgusting vermin and roaches like obama will smear a decorated soldier Bolden just to CYA for their treason.
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Perhaps Obama is lying or perhaps this Nasa fellow is lying. You yourself have said the military are not fans of obama so why wouldn't they get a jab in here or there? Mud sticks and this will stick to Obama longer than it will to the fellow who said it.
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Yeah, I'm sure Bolden just conjured this out of thin air. ::)
This "outreach program" blew up in Obama's face and now he's trying to wash himself of it so, like the douche that he is, he's hanging it around Bolden's neck.
Epic back pedaling.
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Perhaps Obama is lying or perhaps this Nasa fellow is lying. You yourself have said the military are not fans of obama so why wouldn't they get a jab in here or there? Mud sticks and this will stick to Obama longer than it will to the fellow who said it.
Unreal, truly unreal. Do you know this guys' history compared to the communist traitor Obama? This guy is a true American hero and patriot. Obama is not fit to wipe the shit off this guys' shoes. In fact, Obama is not even qualified to be the shit on the bottom of this guys' shoes.
KC - I'm not kidding, if obama was swept awaty as sea in a tsunami, I would cheer so loudly, Straw would hear it in CA. Obama is the worst scum to ever hold office. You know what, I'm wrong, because scum is better than Obama to dare throw this guy under the bus.
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Biographical Data
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Houston, Texas 77058 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Charles F. Bolden, Jr. (major general, USMC Ret.)
NASA ADMINISTRATOR
Nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate, retired Marine Corps Major General Charles Frank Bolden, Jr., began his duties as the twelfth Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on July 17, 2009. As Administrator, he leads the NASA team and manages its resources to advance the agency's missions and goals.
Bolden's confirmation marks the beginning of his second stint with the nation's space agency. His 34-year career with the Marine Corps included 14 years as a member of NASA's Astronaut Office. After joining the office in 1980, he traveled to orbit four times aboard the space shuttle between 1986 and 1994, commanding two of the missions. His flights included deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope and the first joint U.S.-Russian shuttle mission, which featured a cosmonaut as a member of his crew. Prior to Bolden's nomination for the NASA Administrator's job, he was employed as the Chief Executive Officer of JACKandPANTHER LLC, a small business enterprise providing leadership, military and aerospace consulting, and motivational speaking.
A resident of Houston, Bolden was born Aug. 19, 1946, in Columbia, S.C. He graduated from C. A. Johnson High School in 1964 and received an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy. Bolden earned a bachelor of science degree in electrical science in 1968 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps. After completing flight training in 1970, he became a naval aviator. Bolden flew more than 100 combat missions in North and South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, while stationed in Namphong, Thailand, from 1972-1973.
After returning to the U.S., Bolden served in a variety of positions in the Marine Corps in California and earned a master of science degree in systems management from the University of Southern California in 1977. Following graduation, he was assigned to the Naval Test Pilot School at Patuxent River, Md., and completed his training in 1979. While working at the Naval Air Test Center's Systems Engineering and Strike Aircraft Test Directorates, he tested a variety of ground attack aircraft until his selection as an astronaut candidate in 1980.
Bolden's NASA astronaut career included technical assignments as the Astronaut Office Safety Officer; Technical Assistant to the Director of Flight Crew Operations; Special Assistant to the Director of the Johnson Space Center; Chief of the Safety Division at Johnson (overseeing safety efforts for the return to flight after the 1986 Challenger accident); lead astronaut for vehicle test and checkout at the Kennedy Space Center; and Assistant Deputy Administrator at NASA Headquarters. After his final space shuttle flight in 1994, he left the agency to return to active duty the operating forces in the Marine Corps as the Deputy Commandant of Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy.
Bolden was assigned as the Deputy Commanding General of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in the Pacific in 1997. During the first half of 1998, he served as Commanding General of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Forward in support of Operation Desert Thunder in Kuwait. Bolden was promoted to his final rank of major general in July 1998 and named Deputy Commander of U.S. Forces in Japan. He later served as the Commanding General of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, Calif., from 2000 until 2002, before retiring from the Marine Corps in 2003. Bolden's many military decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross. He was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in May 2006.
Bolden is married to the former Alexis (Jackie) Walker of Columbia, S.C. The couple has two children: Anthony Che, a lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps who is married to the former Penelope McDougal of Sydney, Australia, and Kelly Michelle, a medical doctor now serving a fellowship in plastic surgery.
SEPTEMBER 2009
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Who won't Obama throw under the bus to deflect blame from himself? The sad part is that there are retards even positing the theory that Bolden conjured this program up out of thin air. ::)
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Who won't Obama throw under the bus to deflect blame from himself? The sad part is that there are retards even positing the theory that Bolden conjured this program up out of thin air. ::)
To see Obama try to throw this hero under the bus is beyond disgusting.
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he must be racist :D
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he must be racist :D
According the far left, anyone who disagrees with anything the Traitor in Chief does must be due to race.
This guy would be a far better POTUS than obama. I would trust him any day over the ...... we have now.
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I believe Bolden. i hope he resigns and exposes Obama along with McChrystal.
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NASA's Muslim outreach: Al Jazeera told first
By: Byron York
Chief Political Correspondent
July 9, 2010
NASA administrator Charles Bolden (Marta Lavandier/AP)
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Lawmakers across Capitol Hill, both Democrats and Republicans, were surprised to learn recently that the Obama administration has made reaching out to Muslim nations a top priority for the space agency NASA. They will probably be more surprised to learn that administration officials told the Middle East news organization Al Jazeera about it before they told Congress.
Rep. Pete Olson, the ranking Republican on the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, got a call from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on June 28, the day the White House released its new long-term plan for the space program. "He ran down some of the things from the president's new space policy, and mentioned outreach to Muslims," Olson recalls. "That stunned me. I didn't believe it."
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the Democrat who chairs the subcommittee (and is also married to astronaut Mark Kelly), got a briefing from Bolden the same day, according to a spokesman.
As it happens, Bolden's calls to Giffords and Olson came several days after Bolden discussed the Muslim initiative with Al Jazeera. According to a NASA spokesman, Bolden sat down with Al Jazeera's Imran Garda on June 17, during a stop in Doha, Qatar. Bolden's Mideast trip, which was timed to mark the first anniversary of President Obama's June 2009 Muslim outreach speech, was devoted to pursuing "a new beginning of the relationship between the United States and the Muslim world."
During the interview, Bolden told Al Jazeera that the "foremost" mission he had been given by Obama was "to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science, math, and engineering."
The Al Jazeera interview did not air until June 30, after the Obama space plan was released and Bolden briefed members of Congress. But there's no question Al Jazeera got the word first.
Although few, if any, lawmakers knew it, Bolden had previewed the idea even earlier. In a February 2010 blog item, the Orlando Sentinel reported that Bolden told a group of engineering students Obama had asked him "to find ways to reach out to dominantly Muslim countries."
"We now have expanded our efforts to reach out to non-traditional partners," Bolden said, according to the Sentinel. "We really like Indonesia because the State Department, the Department of Education [and] other agencies in the U.S. are reaching out to Indonesia as the largest Muslim nation in the world. We would love to establish partners there."
Bolden might find some resistance to his plans on Capitol Hill. Olson is confident the public will disapprove of the whole Muslim outreach venture -- if they hear about it. (So far, the story has gone unreported by the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the nightly newscasts of ABC, CBS, and NBC.) Republicans need to "make sure the American people knows what's out there," Olson says. "When the American people hear this, I'm comfortable that people are going to think, 'That's not what I want my money spent on.' "
It's unlikely majority Democrats would crack down on NASA, but the space agency could be in for some serious questions if Republicans win the House of Representatives this November. "If we get the majority, then we'll have a say," Olson says. "We can de-fund things, and this would be a prime candidate in my mind."
Bolden has not commented on the controversy. As for the White House, a spokesman says President Obama wants NASA "to engage with the world's best scientists as we work together to push the boundaries of exploration." That doesn't sound much like Bolden's description of the initiative, which foresees the U.S. working with Muslim nations that don't have the scientific know-how for manned space flight. What advanced technology do they have that the United States doesn't?
For space veterans, the controversy is an indication of how far the Obama administration has strayed from NASA's original mission, first laid out in the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958. "NASA was chartered ... to develop the arts and sciences of flight in the atmosphere and in space and to go where those technologies will allow us to go," says Mike Griffin, who headed the space agency from 2005 until 2009. The Space Act has guided NASA well for more than 50 years, Griffin says, and now, "I think the president should be required to go back and read it."
Byron York, The Examiner's chief political correspondent, can be contacted at byork@washingtonexaminer.com. His column appears on Tuesday and Friday, and his stories and blog posts appears on www.ExaminerPolitics.com ExaminerPolitics.com.
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For Obama to dare throw this hero under the bus is beyond sickening.
Obama is probably jealous and envious of this guys' accomplishments.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_F._Bolden,_Jr.
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Bump.
For anyone who wants a clear example of why I loathe this WH and Admn this story exemplifies it.
Bolden is a true hero and they are throwing him under the bus to CYA for Obama.
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The fact that Bolden hasn't been fired yet is all one needs to know that it was the Messiah that came up with this "Muslim appeasement" strategy and not Bolden. If Bolden was lying about this and conjured it out of thin air then his ass would have been canned already.
Obama = scumbag.
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Bolden equals a lifetime of accomplishments, heroic service to the nation, leadership to his men in combat and the space missions, etc.
He had no reason to lie or make this up.
Obama is playing the same games he did when McCain and Kyl came out and said that Obama told them hew wouldnt secure the border unless he got amnesty. Obama tried calling them liars too.
Notice the pattern here?
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Bolden equals a lifetime of accomplishments, heroic service to the nation, leadership to his men in combat and the space missions, etc.
He had no reason to lie or make this up.
Obama is playing the same games he did when McCain and Kyl came out and said that Obama told them hew wouldnt secure the border unless he got amnesty. Obama tried calling them liars too.
Notice the pattern here?
The pattern that he'll throw anyone under the bus to save face? Guy's been doing that since the campaign trail.
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And people should believe Obama over this decorated soldier why? ? ? ? ?
And we all know decorated soldiers never lie. Just ask "I'm was never a maverick self proclaimed maverick" Senator John McCain. :-X
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And we all know decorated soldiers never lie. Just ask "I'm was never a maverick self proclaimed maverick" Senator John McCain. :-X
If he had conjured up a lie as blatant as this he would have been fired already. The fact that he hasn't been fired is all that needs to be said.
Obama = scumbag who deflects blame anytime something blows up in his face.
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AE - read this vs obama's histry of lying and tell me who you believe.
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Charles F. Bolden, Jr.
Children are often told to reach for the stars, but most remain earthbound both figuratively and literally. But a lucky few escape the limits of the earth. As an astronaut, Charles F. Bolden, Jr. flew on three different space shuttles. He flew on the Columbia in 1986. One fellow astronaut on that flight was Bill Nelson, then a member of the House of Representatives (“Bolden on Course,” 2009), who would later become a Democratic senator from Florida and a good friend and supporter. Bolden was part of a crew that deployed the Hubble Telescope on the 1990 flight of the Discovery. He later commanded the Atlantis in 1992 and the Discovery in 1994 on flights that involved conducting many scientific experiments. He spent a total of 680 hours in space during these four flights (Rosen, 2009a; “Astronaut Bio,” 2007).
After retiring from his service in the Marine Corps with more than 6,000 hours of flying time to his credit, the former general was nominated by President Obama to become the second astronaut and the first African-American to head NASA on a permanent basis (Rosen, 2009a; Rosen, 2009b). Another African-American astronaut, Frederick D. Gregory, served as acting administrator of NASA for a short time in 2005 (“Charles F. Bolden,” 2009). On July 15, 2009, a unanimous Senate confirmed Bolden as the new NASA head. The position had been vacant since January of 2009 (Matthews, 2009).
Those who know Bolden describe him as a “natural leader” growing up, someone who could “…get along with everyone…” (“Bolden on Course,” 2009). "He has, I think, universal respect," said John Logsdon, a professor emeritus at the Space Policy Institute of George Washington University. "He's a really good guy, outgoing, friendly, even-temperament sort of individual." (Greenfieldboyce, 2009). Presidents of both major parties have recognized Bolden’s qualifications and leadership abilities. Republican President George W. Bush nominated him to serve as NASA’s Deputy Administrator. However, government officials became concerned about losing the expertise of military officials as the US went to war in the Middle East after the September 11, 2001 attacks. In March of 2002, after the Department of Defense issued a new policy limiting the placement of experienced military officers in civilian jobs, the administration withdrew Bolden’s nomination for that position. At that time Bolden was a senior military officer commanding the Third Marine Aircraft Wing in San Diego (“White House Withdraws…,” 2002). In 2009, a Democratic president nominated Bolden to oversee the future of the embattled space agency.
Born in Columbia, SC, on August 19, 1946, the future astronaut came from a family of teachers. They expected him to excel. His late mother, Ethel, a high school librarian who began her professional career as a teacher, described her own family in a 1988 interview as “well-educated.” She was herself the daughter and granddaughter of teachers. His father, Charles, Sr., taught school for a year before being drafted into the military just prior to the beginning of World War II. After the war he returned to education as a social studies teacher, counselor, and “a very successful coach,” in the words of his wife, Ethel (R. Williams, 1988). The Charles F. Bolden Stadium near Two Notch Road in Columbia was named for this extraordinary man, the father of the famous astronaut (“Bolden on Course,” 2009). Charles, Jr. and his younger brother, Warren, were raised in Columbia, at a time when schools and most institutions in the state were still segregated. They attended schools close to home, but Charles was able to expand his horizons by going out of state to various summer programs and institutes. Sometimes Bolden was one of only a few African-Americans attending (R. Williams, 1988). He was a fine athlete as well as a scholar, playing quarterback in high school football under the guidance of his father, who coached the team.
In a 2004 interview, Bolden stated that he had wanted to go into the military since 7th or 8th grade, but had not thought about becoming a pilot. He “fell in love with the uniform” after watching a television program entitled “Men of Annapolis.” As he watched that and other programs about the military, the teenager also noticed that the military men “seemed to get all the good looking girls” as well. Perhaps because he watched so many Navy-oriented shows, he decided that he would seek an appointment to the US Naval Academy. Over his middle and high school years, this became his goal. He did not feel it would be possible to gain a congressional appointment, although he wrote letters to his representative and senators as expected of any applicant. Year after year, he wrote letters, first to the vice president, then to the president, receiving the usual form letters back. Lyndon Johnson had become president after Kennedy’s assassination in November of 2003. The Johnson administration increased efforts in recruiting African-Americans. During Bolden’s senior year he was visited by a naval recruiter. He also had the chance to talk to a judge who spoke at his school and who was recruiting minorities in the South for the service academies under the auspices of the new administration (Johnson, 2004).
Bolden graduated from C.A. Johnson High School in 1964, and with the support of an Illinois congressman, he received an appointment to the US Naval Academy. At that point he planned to become a Navy frogman, known now as a SEAL. He graduated in 1968 with a degree in Electrical Science. Influenced by one of his company commanders, he had decided to become an infantry officer, and thus he entered the Marine Corps. That same year, he married Columbia native Alexis “Jackie” Walker, who he had known for most of his life. The couple raised two children and now have three grandchildren as well (Johnson, 2004; “Bolden on Course,” 2009).
Bolden became a second lieutenant in the US Marine Corps after graduation. Persuaded to try going up in an airplane with an instructor, he found the experience to be amazing and changed his mind about aviation, much to the relief of his wife, who was not happy that he wanted to enter the infantry during wartime. “It was like magic, and I knew that I wanted to fly,” Bolden said (Johnson, 2004). In May of 1970, after completing a series of flight training programs, he became a naval aviator. The US was at war in Vietnam, and Lt. Bolden was sent to Southeast Asia. He would eventually fly more than 100 combat missions there in the early 1970s (“Astronaut Bio, 2007;”Charles F. Bolden, Jr.” 2009). After coming back to the US, Bolden held various positions with the Marine Corps, including serving as a recruiting officer. He continued his education at the University of Southern California and received a Master of Science in Systems Management degree in 1977. Then he attended the US Test Pilot School in Maryland, graduating in 1979, and served as a test pilot.
Bolden had not thought of becoming an astronaut. “…not in my wildest imagination could somebody like me become an astronaut, because they were all white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant, all test pilots, all about five-feet-ten. They all looked alike. And I was none of those,” he said (Johnson, 2004). But he decided to go ahead and apply. In 1980 NASA selected Bolden for the astronaut corps. Sadly, his father had passed away the previous year and could not share his joy, but his mother, although never happy that he was flying airplanes, was “very proud” despite her natural maternal fear for him (Johnson, 2004). Bolden entered the program in 1981, moving to Houston with his family. He remained an astronaut until 1994, when he returned to active duty in the Marine Corps. Bolden would complete his Marine Corps career as a major general, the highest position held in the corps by an African-American. He retired in 2004 (“Astronaut Bio,” 1997; “Charles F. Bolden, Jr.,” 2009).
After retiring from the military, Bolden worked in the private sector as an aerospace industry lobbyist, later serving on the Board of Directors of another industry corporation. This presented a potential problem when Bolden was nominated to head NASA, because the Obama administration had put in place strict ethics rules that prohibited government employees from participating in any policy decisions for a two year period that affected an industry in which they had worked. Because Bolden had held positions in the aerospace industry, the Obama administration announced that it would issue a “limited waiver” so he could participate in such decisions, with the exception of those that involved contracts for the companies that had employed him (“Charles F. Bolden, Jr., 2009).
The Boldens no longer live in South Carolina, although they have many friends and an extended family still in the state, many of whom traveled to Washington to his Senate confirmation hearing. Charles and Jackie Bolden are settled in Texas, near the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Thus, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, a Texas Republican, was able to claim him as one of Texas’ own, speaking warmly of him at the Senate Commerce Committee hearing in July of 2009. “I am excited…to have someone so experienced in so many areas to take on the huge challenge that NASA faces right now,” Hutchison said. Others heaped praise on the retired astronaut as well, including Representative Jim Clyburn, who came to the Senate panel hearing to praise Bolden. Clyburn is a Democrat, the only African-American member of the South Carolina legislative delegation, and holds a top leadership position as Majority Whip in the House of Representatives. Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, stated in support, “The president has chosen very wisely…(Bolden) is the right man at the right time, with the right skill mix and character…” Senator Bill Nelson, who had repeatedly urged the White House to nominate Bolden, described him as a man who could handle pressure well. Nelson recounted Bolden’s calm in responding to a helium leak warning light when the shuttle Columbia took off in 1986 (Rosen, 2009b).
Managing NASA and leading it into the future will be a challenge for Bolden. He will have to draw on his own political skills to convince administration officials and members of Congress that the US should maintain a strong presence in space for strategic and military reasons, not just for its scientific value. This includes maintaining the capability for human flight. The agency, which has a $17.6 billion budget for fiscal year 2009, is also faced with many questions concerning accountability. At the Senate hearing, Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller asked Bolden how he would address bookkeeping issues, since even independent auditors had found it impossible to examine the agency’s assets. Bolden responded that NASA “can and must do better” (Matthews, 2009).
Many see the choice of Bolden, a former astronaut, as a sign of support by the Obama administration for the future of the agency. Bolden is known as an advocate for NASA and for space flight, stating in a 1994 interview that “NASA’s job is to take risks…An unspoken condition of taking risks is that you might fail.” In that same interview, he noted the unwillingness of Congress to provide enough funding for needed “research and development” unless pushed by the American people. And in his view, the American people no longer saw the importance of spaceflight. “People dreamed of exploring space and the universe. I'm not sure people do that anymore,'' Bolden said. He and other supporters must help to restore that dream, he believes (O’Brien, 1994).
Over the years, Bolden has served as an informal ambassador for space flight and science. During his travels around the US and the world he has often urged students to go into the sciences. In a December 2006 interview in the United Kingdom, he noted that business was now a much more popular career than science because young people thought they could make a lot of money. Although Bolden did not himself achieve one of his dreams, to walk on the moon, he expressed the belief that with support and adequate funding, humans could and should reach Mars in another generation. When asked what was the best thing about going into space, he responded “Seeing Earth. It’s breathtaking and beautiful…” (A. Williams, 2006).
Bolden’s statements about the politics of space flight, made in the mid 1990s, still ring true as the first decade of the twenty first century draws to a close. It is certainly a time of transition in which the nation faces hard budgetary choices. The Obama administration is reviewing NASA’s future and its mission. The shuttle program is concluding, and the five year old Constellation program, intended to replace it, is under review (Spotts, 2009). In May of 2009 the administration created a ten member panel charged with reviewing NASA’s goal of sending humans back to the moon by 2020 (Chang, 2009). In October of 2009, the panel recommended that NASA bypass the moon and instead focus on developing larger rockets and landing astronauts on asteroids or the moons of Mars (Associated Press, 2009).
Regardless of where the future leads him, the 62 year old Bolden has already been widely recognized for the many accomplishments of a full life. The Charles F. Bolden Jr. Freeway, a portion of I-77 in Columbia, and the Charles F. Bolden Elementary/Middle School at the Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station were named in his honor (“Bolden on Course,” 2009). Bolden is also the recipient of many honors, including numerous military awards such as the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Defense Superior Service Medal. He received an Honorary Doctor of Science Degree from the University of South Carolina in 1984, an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree from Winthrop College in 1986, the University of Southern California Alumni Award of Merit in 1989, and an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree from Johnson C. Smith University in 1990, among others (“Astronaut Bio,” 2007).
Speaking at a graduation ceremony at Baylor University’s College of Medicine in May of 2009, Bolden drew on the values he had learned as a Marine. He cited the words of both boxer Mohammed Ali, who had dismissed the idea that anything was impossible, and of Nkosi Johnson, a South African boy who died of AIDS at age 12, after urging people around the world to do as much as they could in the time they had. Bolden urged the new physicians to “Do everything with passion.” “You can change the world,” said Bolden. “Be courageous in everything you do. Don’t be afraid to stand up to someone who is about to do something wrong, because you know it’s wrong. And be committed no matter where you happen to go” (Tolson, 2009).
References
Associated Press. 2009. “Panel Says NASA Should Skip Moon, Fly Elsewhere.” New York Times. (October 22): <http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/10/22/science/AP-US-SCI-NASA-Future.html?scp=4&sq=NASA&st=cse> (October 23, 2009).
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And we all know decorated soldiers never lie. Just ask "I'm was never a maverick self proclaimed maverick" Senator John McCain. :-X
Dear God are you blind. Not only blind, but completely deluded if you believe obama on this.
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Dear God are you blind. Not only blind, but completely deluded if you believe obama on this.
Obama can do no wrong. Whose neck do you think he'll hang the immigration lawsuit around should it fail? Holder? Napolitano maybe?
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Hopefully his own.
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If he had conjured up a lie as blatant as this he would have been fired already. The fact that he hasn't been fired is all that needs to be said.
Obama = scumbag who deflects blame anytime something blows up in his face.
So, you agree decorated soldiers lie.
Berzerk Fury = scumbag who just blows.
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So, you agree decorated soldiers lie.
Berzerk Fury = scumbag who just blows.
Leftist tears. Love them.
If Bolden was the one lying he would have been fired days ago. He hasn't been which can only mean that it was the Messiah that conjured up this idiotic program designed to appease a group of people who contribute nothing to the furthering of science.
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So, you agree decorated soldiers lie.
Berzerk Fury = scumbag who just blows.
And presidents don't?
The facts of this are plain as day. Bolden has and had no reason to make this up. And obama has a long track record of lies. He did it during the primary against Hillary and she called him on it, but kneepadders like yourself ignored it because you bought into the hope and change bs that was marketed to people with a child-like mentality like yourself.
Watch this and eat shit. Hillary was dead right.
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AE - this is the guy you are believing over Bolden?
And you believe this moron?
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hahahahaha.
AE's piehole is closed by those videos.
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hahahahaha.
AE's piehole is closed by those videos.
My piehole says all politicians lie or change there positions given changing circumstances including decorated soldiers. My point is that just because 333386 and BF get a woody when looking at someones bio they shouldn't immediately presume he is telling the whole truth confronted with conflicting interpretations.
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My piehole says all politicians lie or change there positions given changing circumstances including decorated soldiers. My point is that just because 333386 and BF get a woody when looking at someones bio they shouldn't immediately presume he is telling the whole truth confronted with conflicting interpretations.
Now that I demonstrated a clear case of Obama's compulsion to lie, I expect you to demonstrate Boldens' equal track record of lies.
If you can't, than Bolden in the far more credible person in this and is to be believed over the pathological liar you support.
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My piehole says all politicians lie or change there positions given changing circumstances including decorated soldiers. My point is that just because 333386 and BF get a woody when looking at someones bio they shouldn't immediately presume he is telling the whole truth confronted with conflicting interpretations.
Can you provide hard evidence or even give a single motive for why Bolden would fabricate this exact lie out of thin air? For starters, what would he stand to gain from this exact lie (i.e. saying that NASA is catering to the Muslims)?
There are already rumblings about killing NASA's funding. A program of this sort would only strengthen those rumblings. Hence, Bolden has ZERO to gain from lying like this.
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Can you provide hard evidence or even give a single motive for why Bolden would fabricate this exact lie out of thin air? For starters, what would he stand to gain from this exact lie (i.e. saying that NASA is catering to the Muslims)?
There are already rumblings about killing NASA's funding. A program of this sort would only strengthen those rumblings. Hence, Bolden has ZERO to gain from lying like this.
Ok, let's get the facts. What exactly did Bolden say and what exactly did Obama say? Don't give me what FOX says they said.
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Ok, let's get the facts. What exactly did Bolden say and what exactly did Obama say? Don't give me what FOX says they said.
Yeah, this guy is lying AE. ::) ::) ::)
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BBUUMMPPP
AE - you too will eventually wake up to the reality that you supported a horrific person for POTUS. Its ok, better late than never.
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BBUUMMPP for AE - take your owning like a man and get used to it.
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BBUUMMPP for AE - take your owning like a man and get used to it.
Another leftist that turns tail when faced with the truth. ::)
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Another leftist that turns tail when faced with the truth. ::)
I posted the direct quote from Bolden himself and now he is silent. ::) ::)
But no, i should believe Obama and Gibbs two weeks after the fact. ::) ::)
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What could Bolden possibly have stood to gain by claiming that Obama wants NASA to make Muslims feel good about themselves? Him making up a lie like that makes no sense whatsoever.
Just the typical far-left tard that can't come to grips with reality.
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What could Bolden possibly have stood to gain by claiming that Obama wants NASA to make Muslims feel good about themselves? Him making up a lie like that makes no sense whatsoever.
Just the typical far-left tard that can't come to grips with reality.
I posted conclusive proof that Obama has lied in the past. i am waiting for similiar examples of Boldens' lies so that both can be deemed equally credbile or not credible for that matter.
Based on the bio of Bolden, and the history of Obama lying, there is zero reason to believe Bolden is not telling the truth here.
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I posted conclusive proof that Obama has lied in the past. i am waiting for similiar examples of Boldens' lies so that both can be deemed equally credbile or not credible for that matter.
Based on the bio of Bolden, and the history of Obama lying, there is zero reason to believe Bolden is not telling the truth here.
The Messiah makes the ocean's recede so there's no way he could possibly lie. :D
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I think we scared him off. ha ha.
This is so easy. There is no reason for this hero to lie about this. This is the same as Sestak and the job offer to drop out of the race in PA. Remember, Sestak was a Vice Admiral, and he claimed he was offered a job as a bride to drop out of the primary race against Spectre.
Obama pulled the same garbage against Sestak in this saying Sestak was lying.
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Obama threw his own reverend under the bus. No one is safe from being the fall guy.
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Come on AE - whats the matter? Your little blame Fox News nonsense is not working on this?
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My piehole says all politicians lie or change there positions given changing circumstances including decorated soldiers. My point is that just because 333386 and BF get a woody when looking at someones bio they shouldn't immediately presume he is telling the whole truth confronted with conflicting interpretations.
Where are you now? What is your response to 333's video of Mr. Bolden?
Like all liberal, left wing crazies, you chose to act like a coward and run.
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Where are you now? What is your response to 333's video of Mr. Bolden?
Like all liberal, left wing crazies, you chose to act like a coward and run.
No one could make up the statements made in that clip.
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BUMP FOR AE! ! ! ! !
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Just concede defeat and be over with it.
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AE - this is the guy you are believing over Bolden?
And you believe this moron?
Geeze Louise. The Republican candidate will have trouble trying to narrow down the campaign material for 2012.
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Those clips are met with silence from obamabots. Hope & Change my ass, more like Hoax and Change.
And those are only three, I have plenty more which are as bad or worse exposing this pice of filth for what he is. I hope AE, Danny, Mons, or War horse wants to test me on this. I have clips with the lobbyists Tauzin that will make these guys never show their face here again with their kneepadding this disgusting occupant in the WH.
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BUMP & POLL
WHO IS MORE CREDIBLE?
BOLDEN
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OBAMA
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Without a doubt Bolden.
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Even 240 can't spin this turd.
Notice KC, Blacken, Straw, Mons, Danny have not even made a token effort on this gem?
To believe Obama - you have to discredit Bolden, which is disgusting.
Notice too that the same thing happened with Sestak with the job offer fiasco?
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Bump for 240 - can you humor us and try to spin this turd for a laugh?
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This Would Be a Waste Even If It Cost Nothing [Obama Wants $165M To Improve Higher Ed In Indonesia!]
National Review ^ | July 14th, 2010 | George Leef
This Would Be a Waste Even If It Cost Nothing July 14, 2010 By George Leef I read on the front page of the new (July 16) issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education, in an article entitled “Obama Begins Rebuilding Academic Ties to Indonesia,” that “at the recent G-20 summit meeting . . . Mr. Obama announced that the United States would spend $165 million over the next five years on programs to help strengthen higher education in Indonesia through educational exchanges and university partnerships. The two countries will also hold a higher education summit next summer.”
OK — $165 million is now just pocket change in Washington, but I can’t see that this expenditure will do anything to make Indonesian higher education better, how it would make life better in Indonesia even if it did, or what this will do for Americans (other than those who will get to participate in the “education summit,” of course).
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
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Maybe today I can get an answer from one of the Obama cultists to spin or defend this.
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NASA Chief Who Called Muslim Outreach 'Foremost' Job Heads to Saudi Arabia
Published October 01, 2010 | FoxNews.com
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The NASA chief who caused an uproar over the summer when he said outreach to the Muslim world might be his "foremost" priority has embarked on a trip this weekend to Saudi Arabia.
A NASA spokesman said the visit is part of a multicountry tour. Administrator Charles Bolden and a delegation of several other NASA officials arrive in Saudi Arabia on Friday following a trip to Prague. From the Middle East, they will head next to Nepal where Bolden will give a keynote address at a climate change conference.
Though Bolden's comments about Muslim outreach earlier raised concerns that the White House was squeezing him into an out-of-place diplomatic role, NASA spokesman John Yembrick said the trip "was not initiated" by either the White House or the State Department.
"This trip, including the visit to Saudi Arabia, is driven by specific, appropriate agency-level objectives," he said in an e-mail.
Bolden plans to attend an aerospace technology conference Saturday and a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the shuttle flight STS-51G, a U.S. flight that carried the first Muslim -- a member of Saudi royalty -- into space. Bolden also may hold a meeting with Saudi King Abdullah.
The Orlando Sentinel reported that "top" NASA officials had urged Bolden not to make the trip, but NASA had no comment when asked about the claim.
The White House in July tried to walk back Bolden's remarks after he told Al Jazeera about his diplomatic mission regarding Muslim nations. Bolden had said President Obama wanted him to help those countries "feel good" about their scientific contributions; critics said that while the outreach was worthwhile, it should not be a top priority for the space agency.
Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said at the time that Bolden probably misspoke and that space exploration is still NASA's top job.
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BUMP & POLL
WHO IS MORE CREDIBLE?
BOLDEN
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OBAMA
WHO DO WE THINK WAS LYING?
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Obama says NASA needs a technological breakthrough (Obama wants to land on an asteroid)
MSNBC ^ | 7/7/2011 | msnbc
Answering a question in a Twitter town hall meeting Thursday, President Obama suggested spaceflight is stuck in the Apollo-era mode and said NASA needs a technological breakthrough to allow faster, longer spaceflight with a goal of getting astronauts to Mars.
"Frankly, I have been pushing NASA to revamp its vision," Obama said. "The shuttle did some extraordinary work in low orbit: experiments, the International Space Station, moving cargo. It was an extraordinary accomplishment and we're very proud of the work that it did. But now what we need is that next technological breakthrough.
"We’re still using the same models for space travel that we used with the Apollo program, 30, 40 years ago. And so what we've said is: Rather than keep on doing the same thing, let's invest in basic research around new technologies that can get us places faster, allow human spaceflight to last longer. And what you're seeing now is NASA, I think, redefining its mission.
"We've set a goal: Let's ultimately get to Mars," the president said while fielding questions from Twitter users about the economy and other subjects. "A good pit stop is an asteroid." He joked that a specific asteroid has not been chosen.
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Maybe if Obama was not focused on Muslim outreach from NASA and shutting down the space shuttle program, they could make more progress.
Another Obama WTF!
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Yeah, this guy is lying AE. ::) ::) ::)
Bump.
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